Kadambini Ganguly

Born in Bhagalpur in 1861, Kadambini Ganguly became, with Chandramukhi Basu, one of the first two women graduates of the British Empire when she earned her degree from Bethune College in 1883.

She studied medicine in Calcutta and later trained further in Edinburgh and Glasgow. Back home she practised as a doctor, worked for women in coal mines, and was among the first women to speak at the Indian National Congress. She died in 1923.